Ohio has a handful of cemeteries that offer green burials, including Kokosing Nature Preserve in Knox County, Foxfield Preserve in Stark County and Heritage Acres Memorial Sanctuary near Cincinnati.

*(CNN) — The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into ...

Everyone is dying to try this new burial trend. Eco-conscious New Yorkers can soon turn their corpses into compost as part of ...

Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known as human composting.

Minnesotans will soon no longer need to leave the state to return their remains to nature by converting them into nutrient-rich soil. As of July 1, human composting — also known as natural organic ...

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation. New Jersey resident Jayme Strasburger chose to compost her mother ...

This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.

Utah could legalize human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation after death. A bill on Utah’s Capitol Hill aims to legalize the practice of human composting, as an alternative to burial ...

Human composting is now legal in New Jersey. The bill was signed into law last week. It allows for natural organic reduction, also known as human composting. NEW JERSEY - Families who want to forgo a ...

Human composting was developed in Washington state in 2019. In two months, bodies are turned into rich soil. "Water cremation" was also part of the House bill. The bill still must pass through the ...

New Jersey has become the latest state to legalize human composting as an environmentally-friendly alternative to burials and cremations. The legislation, signed into law last week by New Jersey Gov.